If Hugo Auradou was able to return to the Top 14 with Pau this weekend, what about the French XV for the two internationals still under investigation at this time?
The case caused a stir this weekend: Hugo Auradou participating in the Top 14 meeting between Pau and Perpignan this Saturday. Oscar Jegou having resumed training with La Rochelle. Freshly released and authorized by the Argentine courts to return to France after two months of pre-trial detention, the two French rugby players nonetheless remain
indicted for aggravated rape to date.
The defense, faced with the contradictions of the plaintiff, who claims to have been raped and assaulted by the two players of the XV of France in a hotel in Mendoza, the night of July 6 to 7, pleaded for the dismissal of the case – a request still currently under study. However, as long as the Argentine justice system has not formally ruled on this specific question, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou will not have their place among the Blues.
Galthié would count on them
« As long as there is no official dismissal, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou will not play for the French teamproclaims on the airwaves of Sud Radio Jean-Marc Lhermet, the vice-president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR). LThe position I express is that of the FFR. Pau does what he wants, La Rochelle too… » On Friday, the Mendoza Public Prosecutor’s Office ruled in favor of dismissing the case, but nothing is official yet.
On July 16, when the affair had only just been revealed, the coach of the French XV Fabien Galthié had not ruled out the idea of a return to blue for the two men: “ I don’t speak of them in the imperfect tense. They are still part of our gems. All I can say about that is that the two players you are talking about were very good in Mendoza. Really, very, very good. »
